The autumn harvest is approaching, and government affairs are both numerous and important, and the court meetings are one after another.

Today's game was particularly important. Liu Bei was escorting Lu Bu to Beijing, and Cao Cao was still lying to Xu Du to coax his grandson to refuse to leave. Liu Xie simply ordered Yang Biao, who was farming in Luyang, to come back, gather all the three giants, and asked all officials in the capital to participate.

"Everyone, I have prepared some tea for you as a drink. We have a lot of things to discuss today and are quite heavy. Drink some, and we are all energetic."

As he said that, Liu Xie ordered the eunuch to take a few small mats for everyone to kneel down.

Kong Rong frowned and said, "Your Majesty, since you have agreed on a major matter, you should sit upright and everyone is sitting there. Is it a disagreement, let alone this drink..."

"What kind of rudeness is that it's too tiring to keep kneeling and no longer have any energy to discuss. This is irresponsibility to the subjects. It's just a cushion. Doesn't it hurt if you keep kneeling and your calf?"

After saying that, Liu Xie ignored Kong Rong and talked directly about the important matter and said, "Let's discuss Lu Bu's affairs first, Guo Jia, how is the investigation of the case?"

"When you go back to Your Majesty, I interrogated more than ten witnesses overnight, but no evidence was found that the emperor's uncle was willing to let Chen Gui go, which proved that Lu Bu had always complained about the emperor's uncle and refused to obey the order. This time, the war was completely the result of Lu Bu's unremitting actions."

"I think that since the emperor is the envoy of Xuzhou, his order is equivalent to the order of the emperor. Not only did Lu Bu disobey, he led his troops to fight. This move is indeed the same as a mutiny and is ruthless."

Liu Xie nodded after hearing this and asked, "Where is Lu Bu at this time?"

"It has been taken out of the hall and is waiting for the emperor to deal with it himself."

"Then let him in."

After a while, Lu Bu, who was wearing prison uniform and covered in scars and hair, was tied up and escorted up. He first knelt on the ground with a gray face and glanced at the ministers in the hall, and then knelt excitedly at Liu Xie and said, "The criminal minister pays homage to the emperor."

"Do you have anything to defend yourself?"

When Lu Bu remembered what Chen Gong told him, he knew that no one in the court would plead for him, so he had to sincerely say: "The criminal minister, it is indeed a crime to be killed when he raises up to fight against the emperor, but what the criminal minister does is all out of loyalty to the emperor, and there is no self-interest! Even if I am not good at all, I have always been loyal to the emperor. I hope that the emperor will spare my life if I am still loyal."

As he said that, Lu Bu kowtowed to Liu Xie vigorously.

Cao Cao, who was kneeling at the head of the ministers, suddenly sneered: "Do you not accept the loyalty of the handsome man? Do you really dare to say it."

Liu Xie looked at Liu Bei again.

Liu Bei said nothing.

After all... he was full of yellow mud in this matter, and it was hard to tell the right and wrong. The reason why Lu Bu became a prisoner but he was safe was entirely because he had the emperor's chastity in his hands.

Liu Xie sighed: "In this world, it is always easy to know and difficult to do. People, who doesn't have any emotions or desires? It is also human nature to forget public because of their own private affairs. After all, I did not consider the complex relationship between you two and Chen Deng. I shouldn't have sent you to Xuzhou at all!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei lamented in his heart, knowing that the emperor was afraid that the emperor did not fully believe that he did not deliberately let Chen Gui run away, and then simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed to apologize.

To be honest, if he was in a position with the emperor, he would not believe it. If this happened to him, I am afraid that few people in the world would really believe it had nothing to do with him. This is something that is hard to explain.

Seeing this, Liu Xie said, "You both got up. For the sake of just one Chen Gui, will you harm my two generals?"

Then he asked Guo Jia: "Where is the Chen family's property and land property? How much did Lu Bu get?"

"When I returned to the emperor, after my investigation, Lu Bu used all the Chen family's land for military farming. He seized nearly 300,000 hu of grain and grain, and handed over all the money, grain, cloth and other wealth to the soldiers. He himself... Well, except for taking over the two concubines of Chen, he did not seek any selfish interests in this matter. It is not wrong to say that he was devoted to the public."

"What about your opinion?"

"I think that death penalty can be avoided, but the position of General Zhendong must be dismissed."

"Well..." Liu Xie nodded.

He also thought it was indeed a bit inappropriate to kill Lu Bu because of this matter. As he said himself, if you want to make this matter wrong, the mistake is that you should not let Lu Bu and Liu Bei work together.

Liu Bei didn't take the opportunity to kill Lu Bu with one blow, it was considered that Liu Bei was well-educated.

Besides, he was a little reluctant to let it go.

It’s not that he can’t bear to let go of Lu Bu’s bravery. To be honest, he has no interest in collecting famous generals. He has inexplicably gathered many famous generals under his command.

One, two, two, three, and two, and two, and three, and four, five, and six, and Zhang Fei, well... what's behind it.

But in short, I almost collected half of the generals who had an impression of him, and I really don’t want him to be Lu Bu.

But Lu Bu is also unique. The ministers and ministers in the court are all singular gentlemen, or at least hypocrites.

Only this Lu Bu is a real villain. Some things really need this Lu Bu to do.

But Liu Xie turned to Xun Yu and asked, "What are you doing after Gong Da was deposed? What are you planning to arrange for him?"

"After the deposed, he kept asking him to think about his mistakes at home. I have not arranged anything."

"Since that's the case, I think you two crimes, one civil and one military, may as well make up for each other. I ordered Gongda to take office as the prefect of Runan and demoted Lu Bu as the general. You and I will handle the matter of Runan for me. You two will take the specific responsibility yourself. If you do it well, even if you commit crimes and make meritorious contributions."

You should know that during this abdication storm, the most violent storm belongs to Runan. As the old nest of the Yuan family in Runan, this place is as disgusting as a nail that Yuan Shao nailed to the heart of the court.

However, it may be the reason why the autumn harvest is imminent. Runan this time is obviously no different from treason, but there is no real mutiny. The court, although sparks are spreading everywhere, it only avoided Runan's hardest stone and did not touch it.

You should know that Runan is too close to Xudu. He and Yingchuan County are all close. The battle is imminent. If tens of thousands of troops suddenly emerge from Runan during the decisive battle between the court and Yuan Shao, the retreat will definitely make the court very sad.

He and Yuan Shao are already deadly enemies. If they lose this battle, they will probably not even have the chance to abdicate. So Liu Xie took this matter seriously.

When you go to Runan, you will definitely kill people. The Yuan family in Runan is deeply rooted. This time, you will definitely kill many people. You will inevitably kill innocent people. It will hurt the peace of the world. Only Lu Bu can do this.

"Sinner, thank the emperor for not killing him!"

When Lu Bu heard this, he quickly kowtowed and thanked him. After just kowtowed, Liu Bei's eyes were full of hatred.
Chapter completed!